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l.Qonnecticut, have inventedcertain vnew and useful 4 structed die for forming or shaping perch-plates, sub- `ing welded` to'and extending laterally from one side y ROBERT R. MILLER, OF PLANTSVVILLE, `C()I\II\IEC'PIOUT;

Letters Patent No. 100,783, dated .lifa/rch`- 15,- 1870.

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i nwnthat I, ROBERT It. MILLER, of Plantsville, in" lie county of Hartford, and in the State of "Improvements in Dies for Forming Perch-Plates ;v and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had toV the accompanying drawing makingv a `part of this specification, in whichl Figure 1 isa plan view of my improved die;` Figure 2 is a cross-section ofthe same, on theline xxofiig.-1;and y Figure 3 is a perspective lview-of `the perch-plate asv formed. y l v Letters of like' name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

My invention has for its object the' production of` a perch-plate,that, while `equal in form and workmauship to the most perfect hand-made article, shall be so readily constructed as to enable it to be fur-A nished at'a 'much less cost than has heretofore been possible; and to this end 4 l It consists in the employment of a peculiarly-constantially as is hereinafter set forth.

In the` manufacture of perch-plates by my method, thegblank is roughly formed of a bar of metaLA, havthereof two arms, B, Awh ich are placed nearly at right angles to said bar A. l i

"A round boss,'-G, 'secured to one side of the. bar A, at its center, lengthwise, 'completes the blankwhich is then ready for finishing. l. In o rder that the latter ters Patent, is-loperation may be completed expeditiously, and perfect uniformity secured in the nished articles, I employ a steel die, D, having sunk within its face three grooves, A B and B', corresponding in size `and shape with the bar A and arms B, when inished.

Acircular recess, C', sunk below the bottom of the groove A, at its center, lengthwise, completes the die, which is used in the customarymauner, the blank being heated to a suitable temperature, laid within Having thus fully setforth the nature and meritsy of my invention,

` What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- '.Ihe hereinbefore-described die D, provided with -t-he grooves A' B' and B', and with the recess C', substantially as and for the purpose shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of February,

R. R. MILLER. W'itnesses:

HENRY R. BRApLEY, Guss. H. NEAL. 

